Ramsey County commissioners Tuesday deadlocked on a $5.1 million politically and racially charged contract over services to poor families.
The issue surrounds the Minnesota Family Investment Program, a welfare-to-work initiative that doles out money — local and federal dollars — to several private agencies charged with shepherding families from public assistance into the work force.
The program serves more black residents than any other racial or ethnic group, and the St. Paul Urban League has cried foul because neither it, nor any other black-run group, was recommended for part of the contract intended to target minorities. READ FULL STORY
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